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As soon as humans began to form permanent settlements, and give up the process of hunting and gathering, agriculture was born. With agriculture came a new means of nutrition and ability to survive to a faltering species. Overpowering hunter-gatherers as dominant individuals, this new group altered the human race to what it is today. Though some tend to disagree with this statement, agriculture was a key and important step in benefiting human survival.         Agriculture wasn't …

…density from agriculture, modern humans destroyed much more then hunter-gatherers. But as I said before, the positives heavily outweigh the negatives. I think hunting and gathering suited every other species except for that of humans, after all, it is one of the main characteristics that sets us apart. It was a major evolutionary process to go beyond this and we have succeeded. Without agriculture, we would definitely not live the lives that we do today.